Gaza row: US to deport Columbia student

US Immigration Judge has ruled that Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil who participated in pro-palestinian demonstrations can be deported as a national security risk. The government's contention that Khalil’s presence in the United States posed “potentially serious foreign policy consequences” was enough to satisfy requirements for his deportation, _ Immigration Judge Jamee E Comans said at the conclusion of a hearing in Jena on Friday.

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Khalil, a legal US resident, was detained by federal immigration agents on 8 March in tre in Jena, thousands of miles from his attorneys and wife, a US citizen who is due to give birth soon.